पञ्चाङ्ग — Boston, USA · January 16, 2033 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 18.52 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
"18.52 Enjoying solitude, abstemiousness, his body, mind and speech under perfect control, absorbed in meditation, he becomes free - always filled with the spirit of renunciation." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 18.52's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2090 Akṣaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1955 Pramādī
Bengali Saṁvat: 1440
Malayalam Era: 1209
Nanakshahi: 564
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Pratipada (16/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Puṣya Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Kaulava
वार (Vāra)Ravivāra (Sunday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya271.90°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P2
चन्द्र Candra97.49°KarkaPuṣya P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala202.80°TulāViśākhā P1
बुध Budha273.43°MakaraUttara Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati285.49°MakaraŚravaṇa P2
शुक्र Śukra318.36°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
शनि Śani67.38°MithunaĀrdrā P1

Boston, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-5)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)07:10 UTC-5
Sūryāsta (Sunset)16:38 UTC-5
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)11:54 UTC-5
Candrodaya (Moonrise)16:56 UTC-5
Candrāsta (Moonset)07:36 UTC-5
Dinamāna (Day Duration)9 Hours 27 Mins 11 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)14 Hours 32 Mins 49 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:55 – 06:33
Prātaḥ Sandhyā06:23 – 07:10
Abhijit Muhūrta11:35 – 12:13
Vijaya Muhūrta13:28 – 14:06
Godhūli Muhūrta16:26 – 16:50
Sāyāhna Sandhyā16:38 – 17:01
Amṛta Kāla16:23 – 18:08
Niśīta Muhūrta23:35 – 00:13

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla15:27 – 16:38
Yamaganda11:54 – 13:05
Gulika Kāla14:16 – 15:27
Varjyam07:34 – 07:49
Dur Muhūrta 09:23 – 09:42

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: South-West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Śrīvatsa (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Udveg07:10 – 08:21 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Chala08:21 – 09:32 (neutral)
Day-3 Labha09:32 – 10:43 (auspicious)
Day-4 Amṛta10:43 – 11:54 (auspicious)
Day-5 Kāla11:54 – 13:05 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Śubha13:05 – 14:16 (auspicious)
Day-7 Roga14:16 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Udveg15:27 – 16:38 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Śubha16:38 – 18:27 (auspicious)
Night-2 Roga18:27 – 20:16 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Udveg20:16 – 22:05 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Chala22:05 – 23:54 (neutral)
Night-5 Labha23:54 – 01:43 (auspicious)
Night-6 Amṛta01:43 – 03:32 (auspicious)
Night-7 Kāla03:32 – 05:21 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Śubha05:21 – 07:10 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 42.3601°
Longitude: -71.0589°
Timezone: UTC+-5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

6 steps · graha walk
Ravivāra (Sunday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Self-illumination + BG 4.1 (Sun-lineage of Gītā transmission).

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5134
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1875148.27
Julian Day2463613.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.3146°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)187.56°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.3146°), declination -20.91°, EoT -9.69 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2033-01-16 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)